LOT 2742
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Verica AR Minim. Circa AD 10-40. Verica Temple type.
Roman-style temple flanked by C-F (retrograde) / Bull butting to right, VER (retrograde) above, REX in exergue. VA 553-1; BMC 1538-41; ABC 1316; SCBC 152. Very Fine. Toned. Very rare.(0.31gr, 8mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, 82, lot 27, ref. no.9077 (dealer's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Chris Rudd notes: 'Why are the letters C F upside-down, relative to the temple? Did the Celtic engraver have some other interpretation in mind for this motif? Or were there two engravers, one in charge of the inscription, who didn't realize what he was looking at?'
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LOT 2742
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Verica AR Minim.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Circa 300-100 BC. Imitating Alexander III and Philip III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Degraded head of Herakles to right / Stylised Zeus seated to left, holding eagle in right hand and sceptre with left. Cf. Lanz 910-932. 15.18gr, 27mm, 12h.
Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Celtic Central Gaul. Santones AE Quadrans. Circa 40 AD. CONTOVTOS type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Romanised male head to right with short hair; CONTOVTOS (NT ligate) before / She-wolf leaping to right; below, bucranium; behind, bush. LT 4316; DT 3721. 1.52gr, 15mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Central Europe. Vindelici AR Quarter Quinar. 1st century BC. Manching II type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Celticized male head with spiky hair to left / Celticized horse galloping to left; above, five pellets; below, ornament ('Winkelspitz'). Flesche 389; Kellner, Manching, 963. 0.44gr, 10mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine. Flan slightly bent.
Ex Chris Rudd, 128, lot 4, ref. no.16865. Ex Dr Miklos Hoka collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
